Intensive tuna fishing during January-May of this year could leave no choice but to close fishing grounds in the western and central Pacific by late 2013, according to a leading fisheries official.

The Australian Tuna Association is extremely happy that next season's quota has been increased by ten percent.

The Bureau of Aquatic Resources has distributed a total of 99,085 Tilapia fisherlings to more than 75 small fish farmers last year, BFAR Chief Carlito Delfin, said.

Many Japanese investors have recently started to shift their seafood investments from China to Vietnam, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.

Jakarta/Rome – Indonesia and FAO will strengthen cooperation in the field of marine affairs, fisheries and aquaculture under an agreement signed here today.

Experts from the US Department of Commerce are conducting a fact-finding tour of Vietnams major shrimp producers and processors to examine the local shrimp farming and processing industry.

Aquaculture producers in Southeast Asia are proving reluctant to find alternative feeds even as the price of fishmeal continues to soar, according to a veteran watcher of the sector.

(vasep.com.vn) Portugal is one of the 10 markets accounting for the largest proportion of tuna export value of Vietnam in April 2013.

Indonesia has welcomed a preliminary finding by US investigators that clears the domestic shrimp industry of dumping allegations.

The Asian Seafood Exposition returns to Hong Kong this year from September 3-5, 2013. Scheduled to take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, this event is expected to attract over 6,000 buyers from 50 countries and more than 150 exhibiting companies from 25 countries including China, Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada and the United States.

The GAA said the deadline for nominations has been pushed from May 31 to June 15. Innovations can span the full range of farm activities, including wetlands conservation, feed management, water-quality management, effluent reduction, energy reduction, staff training, community relations, animal welfare, and health and nutrition the GAA said.

Overall US seafood imports fell 4.1 percent in value in the first four months of 2013, to $5.1 million (€3.9 million), from $5.4 million (€4.1 million) for the same time period last year, according to newly-released information by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

(vasep.com.vn) In 2011, the total global farmed shrimp production reached 3.85 million tons, including 3 million tons of whiteleg shrimp (accounting for 78 percent of the total) and 850,000 tons of black tiger shrimp (22 percent).

Argentina exported 113,419 tonnes of fish and shellfish between January and April 2013, a figure that shows a rise of 3.4 per cent over the same period in 2012, when 109,630 tonnes were shipped abroad.

UK - Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world's oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University of York shows this approach to be extremely risky.